Toy bird



Nov. 18, 1930. v, v, KUNKEL 1,782,042

- TOY BIRD Filed Feb. 4, 192.9

- INVENTOR) X K A u xieZ ZTTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 18, 1930 A UNITED STATES A NT OF I CIE VICTOR v. KUNKEL,oF'Los ANGELEs; CALIFORNIA TOY BIRD Application filed February 4,1929;Serial No. 337,335.

This invention relates to toys and more especially to'mechanical motiontoys of hand bination will be made manifest in the ensuing descriptionof the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood thatmodifications, variations and adaptations maybe resorted to within thespirit, scope and principle' of the invention as it is hereinafterclaimed. v

Figure l isaside elevation of the toy (rep- 20. resentativelof a bird).c

Figure 2 is an edge or front View (looking toward the face of the head)a.

Figure 3 is a plan of the detached tail.

Figure 4: is a plan of the body blank. I

lVhile the toy is here depicted as simulative of a bird it will beobvious that this is but an arbitrary form of incorporation of theinvention and that the structural features may be designed more or lessin imitation of divers so animated creatures. V

ilhe toy has a body of bird form made'of a disc-like blank 2 having areentrant-cut side presenting curved edge shoulders S merging to acentral stop ledge 4L diametrically opposite to which the disc is nickedat 5 to form an abutment for a tail appendage 6.

The body is diametrically folded from the shoulder 4 to the nick 5 toform a narrow chamber in which one end of the tail 6 is pivoted on a)ivot'T which referabl is ane e- I let passing through and headed overthe downturned sides of the body 2. V

A head-and-neck appendage 10 is mounted loosely between the sholders 3on aneyelet 11.

Means are provided for separately or collectively actuating the head andthe tail ap-" pendages in simulation of their natural animations, andpreferably includes a single piece of resilient .wire bent to a U-shapeand pivoted one'on the other. 7 2. A mechanical toy including a body,ap-

forming a two-shank handle 12, with or without a spring 0011 13 r I Theshanks are pivotally. connected at 14 to the pieces 6 -10 in suchrelation'as to press each to an uppermost'position against 'r'espectivestop ledges 4+5 at which position the pieces are in natural or normalpose.

It Wlll be seen that contractive pressure on both shanks 12w1ll causethe appendages 610 to swing down on their pivots in a very naturalmanner; each piece being ultimately stopped by reason of itsinnermost'corner impinging against the ridge or back of the body 2, asindicated by dotted lines, Fig. 1. a.

the shanks alone will Pressure on either of cause an actionof therelated appendageat will.

j The. body, the head andthe tail pieces may all be made'of sheetinetalstampingsat a very low costof production.

It is understood that the exposed faces of the parts will be treatedorpaintedin imitation of the natural character of the subject.

What is claimedis: I 1. An animated toy, simulative of-a naturalcreature, including a main body, appendages pivoted on the body, andarspri'n'g formin a oked handle and havin a lu- O b p rality of shankshaving ends directly and operatively connected to respective appendages; the appendages and the shanks being pendages having pivoted endsin said body,v and a spring yoke handle having arms extending into saidbody and operatively pivoted on said appendages and thereby supportingthe body and operating the appendages independently. r i 3. A mechanicaltoy including abody, appendages having pivoted ends operative in saidbody, and a spring yoke handle extending into said body and operativelyconnected to said appendages and thereby supporting the body, said bodycomprising. a folded sheet between which the connected portions ofthe,appendages and the handle are. covered. w

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